Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, January 31st

Indie Read

STUDY: WRITE CLUB data analysis – Take a look as a class at what the best members did for our groups as well as what was frustrating. . . Let’s use this knowledge to move forward this semester.

STUDY: Example CCR paper with MLA citations. Check it out on GClassroom if you missed or just want to look again at the work/citations.

DEADLINES:

  • CCR draft (2-3 pages + citations) due no later than end of day Wednesday 2/1
  • Memory Book Short (1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/5 (see Digital Memory Book directions for details)

UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.

English 8 – Tuesday, January 31st

Book Trailers & Indie Read

Quickwrite #7: Emotional States

STUDY/NOTES: The Rhetorical Situation (If you missed class, you can find these slides on GClassroom. Create a notepage.)

PAST-DUE: Draft #1 was due last week. Make sure it is an MSWord file in your Dropbox draft folder.

Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, January 27th

Book Trailers & Indie Read.

STUDY: Research Time ⌛ Continue thinking, reading, and making notes for your cited commentary paper.

DEADLINE: For your cited commentary paper (CCR) – know your focus, examine and choose sources (3 or 4), and get familiar with them.

UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.

English 8 – Friday, January 27th

WRITE CLUB!

Intro, “rules,” & first attempt. Read & share with your group. Bless, address, & press.

PAST DUE: Draft #1 was due as a Word doc in your Dropbox drafts folder 1/26. If you didn’t have a draft today, complete it this weekend.

TO-DO: Make positive changes to Draft #1 (Indelible Moment) as you’d like. Read something awesome!

Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, January 26th

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: Research Time ⏰ Get thinking, reading, and making notes for your cited commentary paper. Today’s goals – a big idea, read and/or add sources (from the provided ones – you’ll end up using 3 or 4), and make notes as needed.

IMPORTANT: If you missed the online Quickwrite #12 or the video about the new writing assignment on yesterday’s e-learning day, go back and check them out.

PAST DUE: Take a photo of your BEST 4-part note page (of the 8 you should have in your notebook) submit it in GClassroom where appropriate – was due Monday 1/23

UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.

ADDITIONAL SOURCE OPTIONS:

“Googling Strangers” by John Green from The Anthropocene Reviewd podcast link here ▶️https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anthropocene-reviewed/episodes/episode-3-googling-strangers-and-kentucky-bluegrass

English 8 – Thursday, January 26th

Book Talk & Indie Read

LAB DAY!! Work time for the Indelible Moment – DRAFT#1 paper. (We’ll work in writing groups tomorrow and you’ll need a paper.)

DEADLINE: Draft #1 due as a Word doc in your Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of day TODAY!!

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, January 25th (e-learning day)

Check GClassroom for your attendance question (complete by 11:59pm today)

Quickwrite #12: Your Research Experience (this is a GForm on today’s GClassroom stream)

TO-DO: Check out the Cited Commentary & Response assignment (quick video run-through on GClassroom), do some thinking, and maybe read something awesome. 🙂

PAST DUE: Take a photo of your BEST 4-part note page (of the 8 you should have in your notebook) submit it in GClassroom where appropriate – was due Monday 1/23

UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.

English 8 – Wednesday, January 25th (e-learning day)

Check GClassroom for your attendance question (complete by 11:59pm today)

DEADLINE: Draft #1 due as a Word doc in your Dropbox drafts folder no later than end of day TODAY!!

PAST DUE:

  • Letter to the teachers was due in Dropbox Monday 1/16. Find assignment details above at the “English 8 Writing Assignments” tab or on last Wednesday’s class post (or there are now physical copies of the assignment available in class – ask Mrs. C) – MAKE SURE THESE are detailed enough . . . more than just a few sentences.

Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, January 24th

Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: MLA Works Cited page – continued in-class practice with citationmachine.net (add a couple of the sources you wrote about in your notebook) *BE SURE YOU ARE USING MLA FORMAT (not APA)

NOTES/VIDEO: Research Is a Conversation + make a notepage (example in class)

https://www.library.unlv.edu/node/233

PAST DUE: Take a photo of your BEST 4-part note page (of the 8 you should have in your notebook) submit it in GClassroom where appropriate – due yesterday

UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.